John R. Wooden Award Presented By Wendy's at ESPN College Basketball Awards



John R. Wooden Award Presented By Wendy's at ESPN College Basketball Awards

The college basketball season officially closed out tonight with the sport’s top coaches, players (past and present) and Hollywood stars all gathering at The College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s televised live on ESPN2 from The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live. Eight prestigious, end-of-season awards were presented to the game’s best and brightest during the 90-minute telecast.

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Hosted by ESPN’s Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams with reporter Molly McGrath, the celebratory special reviewed the season’s highlights and saw appearances by actors Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory) and Danny Pudi (Community) and former Wooden Award winners TJ Ford and Ralph Sampson. In addition, the night took aim at some ‘dramedy’ with a visit to ABC’s General Hospital by Villanova’s Josh Hart, South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson and Molly McGrath.

The College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s – in coordination with the Los Angeles Athletic Club and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – included the exclusive presentation of the John R. Wooden Award Men’s Player of the Year Presented by Wendy’s, John R. Wooden Award Women’s Player of the Year Presented by Wendy’s, as well as the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Presented by College of the Holy Cross and four positional honors created and managed by the Basketball Hall of Fame: Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award, Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. Previously announced 2017 Wooden Legends of Coaching Award and newly named Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw, took the stage after a heartfelt introduction by former standout player from her 2001 national championship-winning team, Ruth Riley.

In addition:

  • Kansas’ Frank Mason III earned both the John R. Wooden Men’s Player of the Year Award and the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award in a year that saw him become the first player in Big 12 history to average 20.0 points and 5.0 assists for a season.
  • Kelsey Plum of Washington was named the John R. Wooden Women’s Player of the Year in a season that saw her break NCAA records for most career points scored (3,527), most points scored in a single season (1,109) and most career free throws made (912).

College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s Winners (in bold)

John R. Wooden Award Men’s Player of the Year Presented by Wendy’s

 

Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
Josh Hart (Villanova)
Frank Mason III (Kansas)
Caleb Swanigan (Purdue)
Nigel Williams-Goss (Gonzaga)

John R. Wooden Award Women’s Player of the Year Presented by Wendy’s

Napheesa Collier (UConn)
Kelsey Mitchell (Ohio State)
Kelsey Plum (Washington)
Katie Lou Samuelson (UConn)
A’ja Wilson (South Carolina)

John R. Wooden Award Legends of Coaching

Muffet McGraw (Notre Dame)


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  • Victor W
    commented 2021-04-06 20:21:12 -0700
    Congratulations to all the winners for their achievements. Hard work sure pays off!
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  • Anonymous
    commented 2020-07-30 21:51:25 -0700
    Congratulations are in order to the winners. Such events which go a long way in nurturing and appreciating talent in basketball. Lets support them in the different ways we can.

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  • Eddie M.
    commented 2019-04-11 01:43:49 -0700
    Very congratulations to the college students who were participated in a basketball match and makes proud of their school. Also, share the highlighted video of the match on https://www.collegessaywriter.com/ website as well that would be more enjoyable. Thumb up to all players and they do their best in the future.
  • Josey Rivers
    commented 2018-01-08 17:34:08 -0800
    Serious congratulations to all athletes on this list.

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